Yesterday's SXSWi panel on Reddit, "It's Reddit's Web. We Just Live In It," featuring speakers Farhad Manjoo (Slate), Adrian Chen (Gawker) and Rebecca Watson (SkepChick), got a little awkward during the Q&A period when Imgur founder Alan Schaaf decided to take the panel to task for not recognizing the good that Reddit has accomplished since its foundation.
最近的駭客事件還真多，Twitter、Facebook、Apple，這次又輪到了 Evernote。他們的資訊安全團隊日前發現了一個試圖入侵 Evernote 的可疑行為，並在第一時間對其進行了封鎖。據悉目前並「沒有任何證據」顯示用戶儲存於 Evernote 的資料被第三方讀取、更改或遺失，Evernote 專業版或 Evernote Business 的帳款資料也沒有外洩跡象。Read more (Evernote 遭駭，要求所有用戶更新密碼)
Last month, Facebook Security discovered that our systems had been targeted in a sophisticated attack. This attack occurred when a handful of employees visited a mobile developer website that was compromised. The compromised website hosted an exploit which then allowed malware to be installed on these employee laptops. The laptops were fully-patched and running up-to-date anti-virus software. As soon as we discovered the presence of the malware, we remediated all infected machines, informed law enforcement, and began a significant investigation that continues to this day.Read more (Facebook Hacked In 'Sophisticated Attack,' Company Reveals)
We have found no evidence that Facebook user data was compromised.
We discovered one live attack and were able to shut it down in process moments later. However, our investigation has thus far indicated that the attackers may have had access to limited user information — usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted/salted versions of passwords — for approximately 250,000 users.
WhatsApp is going to cost us money soon. The only way that it will stay free is if you are a frequent user i.e. you have at least 10 people you are chatting with. To become a frequent user send this message to 10 people who receive it (2 ticks) and your WhatsApp logo should turn Red to indicate a frequent user.The second hoax is supposedly a ,essage from WhatsApp CEO, Jim Balsamic, informing that WhatsApp will be shutting down on 28 Jan.
“Whatsapp is shutting down on 28th jan Message from Jim Balsamic (CEO of Whatsapp) we have had an over usage of user names on whatsapp Messenger. We are requesting all users to forward this message to their entire contact list. If you do not forward this message, we will take it as your account is invalid and it will be deleted within the next 48 hours. Please DO NOT ignore this message or whatsapp will no longer recognise your activation. If you wish to re-activate your account after it has been deleted, a charge of 25.00 will be added to your monthly bill. We are also aware of the issue involving the pictures updates not showing. We are working diligently at fixing this problem and it will be up and running as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation from the Whatsapp team”Read more(It is a hoax. Really, it is.)
Is Facebook about to start charging its users to access the social network? No, but a new chain letter making its way across Facebook walls wants you to think so.
This rumor comes after Facebook's recent f8 conference in San Francisco, where the company announced sweeping changes to its Open Graph platform, allowing more sharing than ever before. During the event, Facebook also unveiled a radical new profile layout that will significantly change the look of users' personal pages.
The chain letter claiming Facebook will begin charging this year alleges that the site must charge its users a fee to pay for the new profile design.
The phony warning reads thus:
IT IS OFFICIAL. IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY
Be the first kid on the block to get the New Facebook Profile
Surprise surprise, I just finished up sharing a new blog post and bam, I get hit with virtual confetti and a message on the Tumblr dashboard that Tumblr has reached its 10 billionth post. I wish I was that person that submitted the historic post, but don’t think I am that lucky. It’s nice to see though that Tumblr is growing at such a fast (and competitive) rate. I really believe that Tumblr is becoming the go-to place to blog for hobbyists and professionals. There was some rocky times last year, but so far in 2011 the platform has been stable and showing great improvements.
If you've got a commenter account on any Gawker Media site, change your password. Gawker Media's entire commenter database was hacked on Saturday by a group called Gnosis, and over 250,000 passwords were posted on The Pirate Bay.
Why do Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others think that it is an OK practice to add plug-ins to Firefox when I'm installing their software packages. When I installed iTunes, in order to manage my music collection and sync to my iPod, why did Apple think it was OK to add the iTunes Application Detector plug-in to my Firefox web browser without asking me? Why did Microsoft think it was OK to sneak their Windows Live Photo Gallery or Office Live Plug-in for Firefox into my browser (presumably) when I installed Microsoft Office? What makes Google think it's reasonable behavior for them to slip a Google Update plug-in into Firefox when I installed Google Earth or Google Chrome (not sure which one caused this) without asking me first?Read the full post here.
This is not OK behavior....In my book, that fits the definition of a trojan horse. Yes, that is precisely how a trojan horse operates. These additional pieces of software installed without my consent may not be malicious but the means by which they were installed was sneaky, underhanded, and wrong.
I repeat: this is not OK.
......Microsoft, stop being evil. Apple, stop being evil. Google, stop being evil. And you upstarts like RockMelt, don't follow in those evil footsteps. It's not worth it.
It's really simple. ASK first!
Using Facebook is the online equivalent of staring at yourself in the mirror, according to a study.
Those who spent more time updating their profile on the social networking site were more likely to be narcissists, said researchers.
Facebook provides an ideal setting for narcissists to monitor their appearance and how many ‘friends’ they have, the study said, as it allows them to thrive on ‘shallow’ relationships while avoiding genuine warmth and empathy.
They also tend to use the site for promoting themselves to friends or people they would like to meet, the study concluded.
Researcher Soraya Mehdizadeh from York University in Canada asked 100 students, 50 male and 50 female, aged between 18 and 25 about their Facebook habits.
They all took psychology tests to measure their levels of narcissism, which the study defined as ‘a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and an exaggerated sense of self-importance’. Those who scored higher on the narcissism test checked their Facebook pages more often each day than those who did not. There was also a difference between men and women – men generally promoted themselves by written posts on their Facebook page while women tended to carefully select the pictures in their profile.
The findings, published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behaviour And Social Networking, also suggested that those with low self-esteem also checked their Facebook pages more regularly than normal.
As some people noticed, at approximately 10:30 pm PST on Monday evening the main site in the TechCrunch Network – techcrunch.com – was hacked and redirected. The site was back up briefly at 11:30 pm but shortly went down again. As of 2:00 am, the site is back up and appears to be stable.
At this point we’re still gathering information on how the site was compromised, and will update this post with additional information.
